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Mounties Beaten By Chase 8-7
Photo By Gary Stewart
HAVE BANNER YEARS — Kings Mountain's Mary Day, Miss Adams helped lead the Lady Spartans to
Adams and Rick Hlnnant show off some of the hard- their second straight state championship and Hlnnant
ware they collected during banner seasons on the was the highest single season point producer in the
basketball court this winter. Both seniors at Gaston history of Gaston County basketball.
Mary Adams, Rick Hlnnant
Have Big Years At Gaston Day
Kings Mountain's Moun
taineers battled tiack from
em 8-1 deficit to pull within
a run, then left the bases
loaded In each of last
two Innings and dropped
ar. 8-7 decision to Chase In
a Southwestern 8-A Con
ference game Thursday
afternoon at Chase.
The loss was the first for
the Mountaineers, who
carry a 2-1SWC record and
4-1 overall mark Into their
We<feiesday game at 2 p. m.
at North Gaston.
Chase scored two nms In
each of the first three tim
ings for a 6-0 lead off Ron
nie Wilson, who saw his
record dip to 1-1. KM
picked up a single run In
the fourth and Chase added
another pair In the fifth
before the Mounties staged
their comeback attempt In
the final two Innings.
Kings Mountain’s third
Inning run came on a trlide
by designated hitter Scott
Ellis and a sln^e by
catcher Tim Whitaker.
The Mountaineers sent
11 men to the plate In the
sixth and scored five runs
to cut the deficit to 8-6. KM
had four of Its 10 hits
during that inning and also
took advantage of four
bases on balls.
Ellis and Tim Leach,
who relieved Wilson In the
fourth, drew back-to-back
walks to start the rally
with one away In the sixth.
Whitaker plated one run
A pair of Kings Mountain residents recently
wrapped up outstanding prep basketball careers
with nearby Gaston Day School.
Mary Adams, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles
Adams, helped lead the Lady Spartans to their
second straight state Independent schools title,
and Rick Hlnnant, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
(Josh) Hlnnant, finished his senior year as the
leading season scorer In the history of Gaston
County high school basketball.
Adams, who played varsity ball four years, had
the honor of being one of a small number of
athletes who never experienced a defeat In ccm-
ference action. The Lady Spartans racked v>p 66
consecutive victories over the past four years In
Charlotte Independent Schools Conference play.
The Lsuly Spartans finished 27-2 overall this
past season, losing only to Bessemer City In a ncm-
conferenoe game and to South Point In the
championship game of the Gaston County
Christmas Tournament.
Adams averaged 13 points per game, made first
team All-Conference and All-Toumament, was
Most Valuable Player In the District Tournament
in Asheville, and was named first team All-State
and All-Area. She capped off her career last
Monday by scoring seven points and helping lead
the West to an 82-67 victory In the East-West All-
Star game In Raleigh.
She plsuis to attend Peace College In Rsdelgh
and participate In both volleyball and basketball.
Peace Is nationally-ranked In basketball.
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Top Gaston Day Scorer
Hlnnant, although his team went only 12-12, had
one of the biggest scoring seasons any area player
has experienced.
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He finished the year with 662 points, a Gaston
County record, and the 6-3 point gusurd poured In
an average of 23 points per contest.
He was.-iiirst-
Tournament, led the area In scoring, was first
team All-Area and scored 11 points In a losing
cause In last week’s East-West AU-Star game.
His West team dropped an 86-79 double overtime
decision, but he kept the West stars In the game
until fouling out early in the double overtime. His
two free throws sent the game into the second
extra period.
Hlnnant began his basketball career here In
Kings Mountain, where he played Junior high ball
at Central School before transferring to Gaston
Day his freshman year. He played Junior varsity
ball at Gaston Day his freshman and sophomore
years.
The SpsuTans finished 9-6 and In third place In
conference play, and lost out In the semi-finals of
the conference tournament.
Ifinnant also plays number one for the Spartan
golf team, which Is ranked as one of the top teams
In Gaston County. They finished second last year
In the annual Gaston County tournament.
Only 16 years old, Hlnnant has been contacted
by several college basketball coaches but says he
plans to attend prep school for one year before
entering the college ranks.
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with a single but was
caught In a rundown
between first and second
for the second out.
Bruce Valentine plated
Leach with a single and
after Andy Loftln walked
Valentine scored on a
single by plnch-hltter Lyn
Hayes. Both Loftln snd
Hayes moved ig> a base on
a wild pitch and Jim Hall
walked on a 8-2 pitch to
load the sacka.
Bryan White punched a
two-run single to rtght-
ccoiter to plate the fourth
and fifth runs at the Inning
and David Ray Roblnaon
walked on four straight
pitches to re-load the
bases. But Danny BoUn,
plnch-hlttlng for ElUs, took
a called third strike to end
the Inning.
Leach singled to lead off
the seventh Inning and an
out later Valentine gained
life on an error. After
Loftln fanned for the sec
ond out, pinch-hitter Mark
Schuman singled home
Leach to cut the score to 8-
7. Hall again walked to
load the bases but White
took a called third strike to
end the game.
The Mountaineers had
men tn accH'lng position
every inning except the
fifth, when they were
retired In order. They had
their biggest hitting day of
the year with 10 hlta.
White. Whltoker and
Valentine leading the way
with two apiece.
However, the big
downfall was defense,
which had been strong In
the first four games. The
Moiaitalneers committed
five costly errors aner
making only seven In their
previous four contests.
Chase also had 10 hits,
all 10 coming during In-
nlngs In which the Trojans
scored runs.
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Ruppt, p 3 12 3
Barkley, 1b 0 0 0 0
AAcGinnli,rf 3 0 0 0
Greene, 3b 3 12 3
Gregory, If 3 0 0 0
Burleaoalf 10 0 0
Totals 27 • 10 7
Bylrmlngi: T
KM 000 105 1 7
C 222 OaO X •
E — Hall, \Mil1a, Laacb, WMtAar,
Boggan, McDanit I, Gragory. LOB—KM
9, Chaaa 6. 2B — Mhilt, Stroud, Graana.
3B —EIMS.
Pftcher: IP H R ER BB SO
Mlaon(UI-l) 313 7 a 4 3 3
Liach 3 >3 3 2 1 0 5
RUppa (W> 51-3 4 3 3 3 3
Greena 173 4 4 3 4 4
Save —Graana.
4 0 13
3 110
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TROPHY WINNERS — These seven players won
trophies at a hot dog supper honoring players In the city
midget basketball league Thursday at the community
center. Players Include, seated, left to right, BUI Hunt.
aU-tournament; PhllUp Seism, sportsmanship; An
thony Petty, sU-toumament, back row, Dan Ayscue,
sportsmanship; Wes Champion, aU-toumament; Lavar
Chrry, aU-toumament; and Arnold Jordan, aU-
tournament.
State Classic Opens Wednesday
The first snnual Tar
Heel State Classic bas
ketball tournament for
boys ages 10-12 Is slated to
begin Wednesday after
noon at the Kings Moun
tain Community Center.
Action gets undenvay at
4 p. m. with IdlewUd of
Charlotte facing East Lin
coln.
(3ames wUl be played
Wedieeday, Thursday and
Friday, beginning at 4 p.
m., and Saturday,
beginning at 12 noon.
Twelve teams are en
tered In the event.
Other opening round
games Wednesday Include
Belmont against Salvation
Army Boys Club of Char
lotte, Klnp Mountain
against BoUlng Springs,
and Wlnterfleld of Char
lotte against Westbury of
Oreensboro. The winner of
the IdlewUd-East Lincoln
game wUl advance Into a
game against Oreentooro
We<feiesday at 8 o’clock
and the winner of the
Belmont-SABC game will
play a 9 o’clock game
against the Police Athletic
League of Charlotte.
Other teams drawing
byes, and who wUl not play
until Thursday, are
Alexander County and
Kinston. Alexander wlU
meet the winner of the
Kings Mountain - BoUlng
Springs gams Thursday
at 4 p. m. and Kinston will
face the winner of the
Winterfleld-Weetbury
game Thursday st 6 p. m.
The Kings Mountain
roster Includes Wes Cham
pion, Lavar Curry, An
thony Petty, BUI Hunt,
Arnold Jordan, Kevin
Wheeler, Pete Alexander,
Curt Pressley, Boyd
Thompson, Dan Ayscue,
Sammy Godwin and Todd
Reid. Coaches are Kevin
Tbisley and Jim Littlejohn.
All areas of North
Carolina except the far
west su-e represented In the
double-eUmlnatlon tour
nament. The West could
not send any teams
because schools In that
area are In progress this
week.
The toumsment Is being
sponsored by the Kings
Moimtaln Optimist Club.
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